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"I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire."

"I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire."

David Zucker, American Director

Humor, Business, Satire

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"You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd."

"You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd."

Joel Coen, American Director

8

"Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters."

"Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters."

Samuel Fuller, American Director

Action, Eye, Style

8

"You can't change the system through violence."

"You can't change the system through violence."

Alex Cox, British Director

Change, Violence

8

"In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets."

"In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets."

James Broughton, American Director

Poetry, Poets, University, World

8

"Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened."

"Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened."

Marcel Carne, French Director

8

"I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing."

"I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing."

Tony Scott, British Director

8

"One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to."

"One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

People, Today, Wrong

8

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

"I have a healthy view of what one can do with art."

Neil LaBute, American Director

8

"Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain."

"Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain."

Roland Joffe, English Director

8

"We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness."

"We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness."

Mathieu Kassovitz, French Director

Love, People, Darkness, France

8

"There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image."

"There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Home, Son, Film, Television

8

"But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together."

"But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Relationship, People, Relationships

8

"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Hope, Debate, Film, Pornography

8

"What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality."

"What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Time, Quality, Now, Words

8

"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."

"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

8

"You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home."

"You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home."

Allan Carr, British Director

Home, Heroes, Meeting, Old

8

"We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me."

"We met in Cracker. I played a maniac fan who murders a policeman and she did my makeup. I thought anyone interested in me looking like that must have genuinely liked me."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

Thought, Makeup

8

"I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in."

"I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in."

Jay Roach, American Director

Love, Design, Work, Thought

8

"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."

"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Music, Film, Opera

8

"I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!"

"I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!"

John Hughes, American Director

Time, Music, Outcasts, Taste

8

"I love mixing amateurs and professionals."

"I love mixing amateurs and professionals."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Love, Professionals

8

"But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it."

"But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it."

Jay Roach, American Director

8

"I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school."

"I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school."

Robert Evans, American Director

Change, Ivy, Rules, School

8

"I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right."

"I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Time, Love, Opportunity, Learning

8

"Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs."

"Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

8

"It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones."

"It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones."

David Zucker, American Director

Positive, Reason

8

"Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege."

"Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege."

Mark Rydell, American Director

Movies, Career, Privilege, Stars

8

"As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present."

"As soon as you judge communication a little more rigorously, there is a possibility that the message will not be democratized. I have to say what I believe to be right. I have to spread out the statement among all the means of expression available to us at present."

Alexander Kluge, German Director

Possibility, Communication, Expression, Present

8

"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic."

"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic."

Robert Rodriguez, American Director

Money, People, Freedom

8

"Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film."

"Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film."

Alex Cox, British Director

8

"But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films."

"But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

8

"Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema."

"Work in the theater sharpened my verse and my cinema."

James Broughton, American Director

Work, Cinema, Theater

8

"I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives."

"I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives."

John Lasseter, American Director

People, Nobility, Pride

8

"I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences."

"I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Age, People, Consequences, Games

8

"I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters."

"I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters."

George A. Romero, American Director

Creativity, Idea, Being, Zombies

8

"I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie."

"I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie."

Morgan Spurlock, American Director

8

"Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old."

"Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old."

John Sayles, American Director

Acting, Actors, Old, Years

8

"I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano."

"I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

8

"Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting."

"Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

Home, Acting, Night, Space

8

"One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this."

"One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this."

Sam Mendes, British Director

People, Actor, Film

8

"What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters."

"What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters."

Harmony Korine, American Director

8

"In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar."

"In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Thought, Literature

8

"I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker."

"I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Night, Office, Sleep

8

"I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic."

"I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic."

James Broughton, American Director

Economy, Magic, Theater

8

"Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't."

"Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Movies, Children

8

"After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor."

"After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor."

John Huston, American Director

8

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

8

"Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them."

"Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them."

John Lasseter, American Director

8

"I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance."

"I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance."

Ken Burns, American Director

Work, Performance, Being, Expectations

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